- The South-Western group in Esfahān comprising dialects like the Sedehi, Kafrāni, Gazi, Varzaneh’i, the dialect of the Jews of Esfahān, etc.;

- The South-Western group comprising the Ardestāni dialect, the Anāraki, the Zefreh’i, the Nā’ini, the dialect of the Zoroastrians of Kermān and Yazd (popularly known as Behdini), the dialect of the Jews of Kermān and Yazd, etc.;

- The North-Western Kurdish spoken in the Republics of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, as well as in Mosul and Dohak of Iraq where it is referred to as “Bādināni”;

- The Central Kurdish comprising Surāni (spoken in Ārbil, Khāneqayn, Sulaymāniyah, and Kirkuk of Iraq), Seneh’i (Sanandaji), and Mokri (spoken in the southern parts of the West Āzarbāyjān province and Kordestān);